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Project / Collection Pulaar Islamic Texts: Six Archives of the Taal Families in Senegal and Mali Language Arabic Subject Genealogy

1. EAP1245/1

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1
Title:
Mountaga Ba
Scope & Content:
Mountaga Ba is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Pate Galo (northern Senegal). Ba’s family holding includes 56 small unbound book manuscripts and paper stacks. The material was mainly authored by the custodian’s father, Muhammad al-Ghāli...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
2042 TIFF images

2. EAP1245/1/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/1/5
Title:
قصيدة في مدح رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم
Scope & Content:
The manuscript is essentially a praise poem dedicated to Prophet Muhammad. The poem is based on one meter and rhyme. Towards the end, it incorporates a few lines borrowed from famous Senegalese Sufi Sufi leader Abdoul Aziz Sy of the Tijaniyya Muslim Brotherhood. Le manuscrit est essentiellement...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
Dec 1978
Extent:
12 TIFF images

3. EAP1245/2

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2
Title:
MadaniSenegal
Scope & Content:
Ceerno Madani Tall is the current custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected both from Dakar (Senegal). The MadaniSenegal collection includes 8 unbound and bound manuscripts for a total of 2949 pages. The books are of different sizes. Some of the manuscripts are originals wr...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
1786-1962
Extent:
2948 TIFF images

4. EAP1245/2/5

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/2/5
Title:
شرح تحفة المودود
Scope & Content:
The manuscript was composed by a Fulani scholar of the Taal family. It is a handwritten copy of an original poem composed by Abu Abdurahmān Muhammad bun Abdullahi bun Mālik. It was completed on the 6 of the Islamic month of Muharram 1201 (Hijri) / October 29, 1786. The name of the script is unkn...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
29 Oct 1786
Extent:
354 TIFF images

5. EAP1245/4

Reference (shelfmark):
EAP1245/4
Title:
Oumar Sy
Scope & Content:
Oumar Sy is the custodian of the manuscripts recorded in his name and collected from the town of Ndioum (Senegal). The Sy collection includes 10 small unbound manuscripts and documents. The material was mainly authored by popular Pulaar Sufi poet Oumar Sy, but some of the files are copies of Aja...
Collection Area:
Endangered Archives Programme
Languages:
Arabic and Pulaar
Date Range:
1800s-2010s
Extent:
168 TIFF images